One dead, 1 injured after thwarted gun sale
Police in Tbong Khmum province on Friday shot one man dead and injured another—both suspects in a string of robberies—during a thwarted gun sale, an officer said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-dead-1-injured-after-thwarted-gun-sale-100355/
During trial of eight, Nigerian admits to moving crystal meth
A Nigerian man charged with drug trafficking Wednesday admitted in court to transporting crystal methamphetamine in Phnom Penh last year, but claimed he had merely been a hired hand. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/during-trial-of-eight-nigerian-admits-to-moving-crystal-meth-87658/
Four convicted over attempt to send brides to China
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted a Chinese man and three Cambodians of human trafficking over an attempt to send three Cambodian women to China as brides. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-convicted-over-attempt-to-send-brides-to-china-88170/
Laotian meth smuggler arrested in Stung Treng
A Laotian man was arrested in Stung Treng province on Tuesday after crossing into Cambodia with nearly a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine, a police official said Wednesday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/laotian-meth-smuggler-arrested-in-stung-treng-89274/
Laotian arrested for trafficking methamphetamine
Military police in Stung Treng province on Monday arrested a Laotian man with a half-kilogram of crystal methamphetamine he had smuggled into the country, an official said Tuesday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/laotian-arrested-for-trafficking-methamphetamine-92013/
US Calls for Transparent Investigation Into Protester Shooting
The U.S. on Monday called for a full and transparent investigation into the killing of a 29-year-old man by security forces on Sunday night during a heated clash around Monivong Bridge, while the European Union said that the police should show more restraint in the ...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/us%E2%80%88calls-for-transparent-investigation-into-protester-shooting-42512/
Belgian arrested for stealing $48k from Canadia bank
Immigration police arrested a Belgian man in Phnom Penh on Monday for using a forged passport to withdraw nearly $50,000 from Canadia Bank, officials said on Tuesday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/belgian-arrested-for-stealing-48k-from-canadia-bank-110291/
Logging arrests
A man and woman have been arrested after police and Forestry Department officers were tipped off about a pick-up truck carrying luxury timber across Kampong Thom province. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38900/logging-arrests/
Cambodian parliament passes draft law on disaster management
The National Assembly of Cambodia on Monday adopted a draft law on disaster management, aiming to effectively control any natural or man-made disasters through preparedness, mitigation, and timely response. ...
Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12092/cambodian-parliament-passes-draft-law-on-disaster-management/
Activists charged over Siem Reap tour-boat brawl
Two opposition CNRP activists were arrested Monday and charged with inciting a brawl in Siem Reap province last month during which a man suffered a serious stab wound, police said. ...
Mech Dara and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-charged-over-siem-reap-tour-boat-brawl-87443/
Police free marijuana grower
Police in Battambang have released a man who grew more than 200 marijuana plants in the jungle for “personal use” after he promised not to do it again. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-free-marijuana-grower
Energy policy and administration
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Electricite du Cambodge (EdC). Photo by bmeabroad, taken on 10 November 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Low electrification rates and over-dependence on fossil fuel imports have contributed to Cambodia ranking 120 out of 124 nations in the new World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index ...
Logging arrest in Stung Treng
A man was accused of illegally collecting and transporting timber after Military Police officials arrested him with over 2 tonnes of illicit rosewood in Stung Treng on Sunday morning. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-arrest-stung-treng
Logger shot dead in Thailand, official says
A Cambodian man who had been illegally logging rosewood across the border in Thailand was shot dead by Thai soldiers on Friday, a village chief in Oddar Meanchey province said Tuesday. ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/logger-shot-dead-in-thailand-official-says-85715/
Ten years for trafficker duo
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a woman and a man to 10 years in prison each on drug-trafficking charges after their arrest in Sen Sok district last year. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ten-years-trafficker-duo
Journo, forest official allegedly beat logger
A local journalist and a forestry official were arrested by military police in Kratie province’s Sambo district on Friday night for allegedly discharging a weapon into the air and beating a man with a boat oar in an extortion bid gone awry. According to district military ...
Announcement on the death of COVID-19 on a 29-year-old Cambodian man
On 06 April 2021, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement on the death of a 35-year-old Cambodian man who died from COVID-19 at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital. Notably, this case of death is the 22nd case. The man lived in Russey Chork village, Prey Knes ...
Ministry of Health
Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone, a platform for cross-border investment along the BRI
After graduating from college, Yue Xiduo, a man born in the 1990s, joined a tire company in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone, Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia. The man said he chose to work here because the special economic zone is an important project for a ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331324/sihanoukville-special-economic-zone-a-platform-for-cross-border-investment-along-the-bri/
Sixth HIV-positive villager dies in Battambang
A 69-year-old man who was among the more than 240 villagers to test positive for HIV in Battambang province’s Roka commune died on Saturday, local health officials said Monday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sixth-hiv-positive-villager-dies-in-battambang-79350/
M’kiri rangers bust wildlife hunters, hold one for questioning
Mondulkiri Department of Environment rangers arrested a man in Ror Nhor commune’s Koh Nhek district last Saturday on suspicion of illegally hunting wildlife. ...
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mkiri-rangers-bust-wildlife-hunters-hold-one-questioning